Notice of Eviction

Please note.

This blog has moved to jasonkees.net. I will be posting there from now on. Since I did not want to pay the $13 to map the domain you will be unable to access it from here.

Why the Father Sent the Son

But why did the Father send his Son to us? A good reason seems to be given in John 3:16, “God so love the world that he gave his one and only Son.” That is stunning enough, but later on in John’s Gospel, Jesus speaks of an even more primal and potent reason. Praying to his Father, Jesus says: “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them” (Jn 17:25–26).

The Goodness of God

If God had not a communicative, spreading goodness, he would never have created the world. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost were happy in themselves, and enjoyed one another before the world was. Apart from the fact that God delights to communicate and spread his goodness, there had never been a creation or redemption.

Richard Sibbes, “The Successful Seeker,” in Works of Richard Sibbes (Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1862-64), 6:113.